Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 400, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1995, 6:25 PM CDT for Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1995, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Washita County, OK
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 3, 3:25 PM CDT, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:25 PM CDT, 3 hours before
FPUS3 KOKC 032023
AFDOKC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
325 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1995
UPR LOW REMAINS OVR NERN UT WITH SVRL SHTWVS ROTATING TWD FA. ONE WV
MOVG NEWD THRU NM WITH ANOTHER ONECOMING INTO WRN AZ. SFC BNDRY ACRS
SCNTL OK WHICH WL LKLY FOCUS CNVCTV DVLPMNT. ANOTHER FEATURE OF INTEREST
IS CNVTV-INDUCED VORT MAX BTWN CDS AND LTS WHICH IS BARELY CRAWLING EWD
ALG BDNRY. EXPCT MAIN PCPN AREA OF INITIATE IN TX PNHDL AND MV INTO WRN
ZNS THIS EVENG. ALSO PSBL THAT CNVTN WL FORM E OF CNVTV VORT IN SCNTRL
ZNS...BUT THIS AREA HAS STGR CAP AND WONT GET AS MUCH SFC HEATING AS
FURTHER W. WL ISSUE FFA FOR MOST OF WRN OK...BUT AREA MAY NEED TO BE
EXTNDD FURTHER E IF CNVTN REMAINS ORGANIZED INTO CNTRL ZNS OR IF LCL
COOLING ALF WITH CNVCTV VORT MAX IS SUFFICIENT TO BREAK CAP. PDS OF TRW
EXPCTD THRU SHORT TERM WITH CHANCES TAPERING OFF IN THE EXTDD PD. ..04..
GAG 60/81/61/82 8464 PNC 65/82/65/82 4354 HBR 68/85/65/85 7464
SPS 69/88/68/89 6344 OKC 65/82/65/82 4354 DUA 70/86/70/84 3344
.OKC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT WRN OK ZNS 4>6..9>11..14>17..21>23..
33>38..44.
.TX...NONE.In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-041130- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 1230 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1995 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS WEST OF A LINE FROM ALVA...TO OKLAHOMA CITY... TO DUNCAN...TO HENRIETTA TEXAS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH TONIGHT. DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ALSO WILL BE POSSIBLE... PRIMARILY ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA. VERY MOIST UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS THROUGHOUT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN DURING THE DAY IN ADVANCE OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. THIS STRENGTHENING OF THE WIND PROFILE MAY SUPPORT THE FORMATION OF A FEW SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA. IF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS FORM...THEY LIKELY WILL CONTAIN VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY AND WILL PROBABLY RESULT IN AN EXPANDED AREA OF FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE MOST LIKELY AREA OF INITIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ALONG ANY OF SEVERAL BOUNDARIES ALREADY IN PLACE. THE DRY LINE IS EXPECTED TO BE IN FAR WESTERN TEXAS BY LATE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER BOUNDARY...REINFORCED THIS MORNING BY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW...WILL EXTEND ALONG THE RED RIVER WEST TO THE DRY LINE. THE INTERSECTION OF THESE BOUNDARIES WILL BE THE MOST FAVORED LOCATION FOR NEW STORM DEVELOPMENT. THE STORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST-NORTHEAST INTO THE MODERATE RISK AREA BY THIS EVENING. MORE ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE LIKELY WITHIN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA...SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS THROUGH TONIGHT. RS
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-041130- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 1230 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1995 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS WEST OF A LINE FROM ALVA...TO OKLAHOMA CITY... TO DUNCAN...TO HENRIETTA TEXAS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH TONIGHT. DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ALSO WILL BE POSSIBLE... PRIMARILY ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA. VERY MOIST UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS THROUGHOUT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN DURING THE DAY IN ADVANCE OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. THIS STRENGTHENING OF THE WIND PROFILE MAY SUPPORT THE FORMATION OF A FEW SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA. IF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS FORM...THEY LIKELY WILL CONTAIN VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY AND WILL PROBABLY RESULT IN AN EXPANDED AREA OF FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE MOST LIKELY AREA OF INITIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ALONG ANY OF SEVERAL BOUNDARIES ALREADY IN PLACE. THE DRY LINE IS EXPECTED TO BE IN FAR WESTERN TEXAS BY LATE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER BOUNDARY...REINFORCED THIS MORNING BY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW...WILL EXTEND ALONG THE RED RIVER WEST TO THE DRY LINE. THE INTERSECTION OF THESE BOUNDARIES WILL BE THE MOST FAVORED LOCATION FOR NEW STORM DEVELOPMENT. THE STORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST-NORTHEAST INTO THE MODERATE RISK AREA BY THIS EVENING. MORE ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE LIKELY WITHIN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA...SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS THROUGH TONIGHT. RS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Pushmataha | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Choctaw, Pushmataha | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 52 min |
| Jun 3, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 60 min |
| Jun 3, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer | 66 min |
| Jun 3, 2:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Beckham | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 63 min |
| Jun 3, 3:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Washita | 118 min |
| Jun 3, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Washita | 60 min |
| Jun 3, 4:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Roger Mills | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher, Major | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 9:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Beckham | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 9:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Beckham | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Beckham | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Harmon | 48 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.